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Vitarka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Vitarka (वितर्क):—(von tark mit vi) m.

1) Vermuthung: yau tau kumārāviva kārttikeyau dvāvaśvineyāviti me vitarkaḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 7083.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 41.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 74, 5.] [MĀLATĪM. 20, 3.] māṃ vitarkairbahubhirvṛtam [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 61, 21.] bahuvitarkamabhyantaraṃ praviśya [Kathāsaritsāgara 28, 190.] bahūṃkurvanvitarkān [52, 219.] ityanekavitarkaughavyākulaḥ [87, 12.] vitarkapadavīṃ naivaṃ samārohati [Prabodhacandrodaja 116, 9.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 83.] indorvitarkāt weil er den Mond darin vermuthete [Spr. 2013.] —

2) ein auftauchender Zweifel [Yogasūtra 1, 17.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 164, 22.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 9, 35.] saṃgamavirahavitarke (st. dessen vikalpe [Spr. 3101]) [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 21, 1.] = saṃśaya [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 98.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 157.] [Halāyudha 4, 6.] huṃ vitarke [5, 90.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 32 (28), 3. 14.] eine fragliche Sache: vitarkā hiṃsādayaḥ [Yogasūtra 2, 34. 33.] —

3) das Hinundherüberlegen, Erwägung; = ūha [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 322.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] saṃdehātkalpanānyatvaṃ vitarkaḥ parikīrtitaḥ [PRATĀPAR. 54,b,5.] [Sāhityadarpana 169. 74,16] (= tarka [202). 237.] [Oxforder Handschriften 208,b,8.] kasmai pradeyeti mahānvitarkaḥ [Spr. 966. 1047 (II) 3321.] vitarkaḥ samabhūtteṣāṃ triṣvadhīśeṣu ko mahān [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 89, 1.] [WASSILJEW 251. 256.] —

4) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Dhṛtarāṣṭra [Mahābhārata 1, 3747.] — Vgl. durvitarka, nirvitarka, sa .

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Search found 35 books and stories containing Vitarka, Vi-tarka; (plurals include: Vitarkas, tarkas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Verse 2.4.132 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]

Verse 2.4.204 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]

Verse 2.4.6 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]

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I. The three concentrations (samādhi) according to the Abhidharma < [Part 2 - The three meditative stabilizations]

2. First dhyāna < [Part 3 - Definition of the various dhyānas and samāpattis]

3. Second dhyāna < [Part 3 - Definition of the various dhyānas and samāpattis]

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Verse 9.43 - Vitarka is scriptural knowledge < [Chapter 9 - Stoppage and Shedding of Karmas]

Verse 9.41 - Definition of Pṛthaktvavitarka and Ekatvavitarka < [Chapter 9 - Stoppage and Shedding of Karmas]

Verse 9.42 - Ekatvavitarka is free from shifting (vīcāra) < [Chapter 9 - Stoppage and Shedding of Karmas]

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